Which PACs gave the most to Jeff Fortenberry?

National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($13K), Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group PAC ($10K), Union Pacific Corp. Fund for Effective Government ($10K), Majority Committee PAC--Mc PAC ($10K), National Association of Health Underwriters PAC (Hupac) ($10K) in 2020.

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Politician

Jeff Fortenberry

Republican · Nebraska · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1 · incumbent

FEC candidate H4NE01064

Jeff Fortenberry (Republican) raised $1.5M for the 2020 Nebraska 1st District race, $638K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.

Raised, all runs

$1.5M

2020

From PAC checks

43%

$638K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

43% of Jeff Fortenberry's campaign money came from PAC checks, not from people. That is one of the heaviest reliances on organised money in Congress.

Every run

Each general election, with the money behind it and the result.

Cycle	Race	Raised	PAC share	Outside for / against	Google ads	All money	Result
2020	Nebraska 1st District	$1.5M	43%	$0 / $0	$60K	$1.5M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.

Corporate $285KTrade group $153KMembership $73KOther $59KLeadership PAC $47KUnion $22KSuper PAC $11K

National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$13K
Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group PACOther$10K
Union Pacific Corp. Fund for Effective GovernmentCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Majority Committee PAC--Mc PACLeadership PAC$10K
National Association of Health Underwriters PAC (Hupac)MembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
Republican Mainstreet Partnership PACOther$10K
Altria Group, Inc. Political Action Committee (Altriapac)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$10K

Outside money, for and against

Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.

No outside spending of note.

The payback

How they voted on their funders' bills

On the 1 key vote where Jeff Fortenberry had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 0 times (0%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.

All issues →

Vote	Industry	Their money from it	Voted
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$38K	Present
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$2K	Nay · with industry
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$45K	Nay · against

The revolving door

1 former aide now lobbying

Lobbyists who list a job in Jeff Fortenberry's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.

Andrew RotheFormer congressional staff
Legislative Director to Sen. Mike Rounds; Senior Legislative Assistant to Rep. Scott Rigell; Legislative Assistant to Rep. Jeff Fortenberry; Intern to Rep. J…
Now lobbies for Jpmorgan Chase Holdings LLC

The revolving door, industry by industry →

Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.

Questions people ask

Who funded Jeff Fortenberry's 2020 campaign?: Jeff Fortenberry (Republican) raised $1.5M for the 2020 Nebraska 1st District race, $638K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Jeff Fortenberry?: National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($13K), Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group PAC ($10K), Union Pacific Corp. Fund for Effective Government ($10K), Majority Committee PAC--Mc PAC ($10K), National Association of Health Underwriters PAC (Hupac) ($10K) in 2020.